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- Dictionarywhistle-stop/ˈwɪslstɒp/
adjective
- 1. very fast and with only brief pauses: "a whistle-stop tour of Britain"
noun
- 1. a small unimportant town on a railway: North American "she raised five kids in Hornepayne, a whistle stop along the CN Line north of Lake Superior"
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used to describe a situation in which a lot of things are described or done, with not much time given to each part: Below we offer a whistle-stop guide to Eastern and Northern Europe's city break destinations. The first half of the degree course is a whistle-stop tour of multimedia design.
The meaning of WHISTLE-STOP is a small station at which trains stop only on signal : flag stop.
verb (used without object) , whis·tle-stopped, whis·tle-stop·ping. to campaign for political office by traveling around the country, originally by train, stopping at small communities to address voters. to take a trip consisting of several brief, usually overnight, stops. adjective.
noun. 1. US and Canadian. a. a minor railway station where trains stop only on signal. b. a small town having such a station. 2. a. a brief appearance in a town, esp by a political candidate to make a speech, shake hands, etc. b. ( as modifier) a whistle-stop tour. verb whistle-stop Word forms: -stops, -stopping, -stopped. 3. (intransitive)
Definition of whistle-stop adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define whistle-stop. whistle-stop synonyms, whistle-stop pronunciation, whistle-stop translation, English dictionary definition of whistle-stop. intr.v. whis·tle-stopped , whis·tle-stop·ping , whis·tle-stops To conduct a political campaign by making brief appearances or speeches in a series of small...
A complete guide to the word "WHISTLE-STOP": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Jun 2, 2024 · whistle - stop (third-person singular simple present whistle-stops, present participle whistle-stopping, simple past and past participle whistle-stopped) ( politics, intransitive) To make a brief stop on a campaign tour to make a speech or perform some other type of public electioneering.
Whistle Stop Definition. A small town, orig. one at which a train stopped only upon signal. A brief stop in a small town as part of a tour, esp. in a political campaign; orig., such a stop in which the candidate spoke from the rear platform of a train.
adjective. [attributive] very fast and with only brief pauses: a whistle-stop tour of Britain. More example sentences Synonyms. noun. North American English. 1 a small unimportant town on a railway: she raised five kids in Hornepayne, a whistle stop along the CN Line north of Lake Superior. More example sentences.
